Is Worldwide Foods Special Mixed Pepper Rice ultra-processed?

Vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
E160c Paprika extract
E412 Guar gum

22 ingredients
2 additives

Less processed vegetables

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

long grain rice 79% (water, long grain rice), red pepper 7%, green pepper 4.5%, yellow pepper (396), red pepper, rapeseed oil, carrot, onion, sugar (processing marker), paprika, salt (processing marker), lemon juice, garlic, white wine vinegar, stabiliser (guar gum (ultra-processing marker)), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), colour (ultra-processing marker) (paprika extract (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

cooked long grain rice (79%) (water, long grain rice), red pepper (7%), green pepper (4,5%), yellow pepper (396), red pepper purée, rapeseed oil, carrot, onion powder, sugar, ground paprika, salt, lemon juice, garlic powder, white wine vinegar, stabiliser: guar gum, flavouring, colour: paprika extract,

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

2 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 602 vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 583rd. 18% of the vegetables here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 602 vegetables, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600387055, last edited 17 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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